Auditions Quotes · Page 4

Some of the most cutthroat auditions youll have as an actor are when youll have three words to say.

— Stephen Amell

So I went and did an audition and became the biggest radio actor in Sydney, and that's how it all started.

— Rod Taylor

Many times during auditions, I was told that I couldn't carry a note with a bucket, and that I sure couldn't play…

— Ray Charles

For film, I audition just like everyone else, because it's a different set of casting directors.

— Neil Patrick Harris

I sometimes self-edit when it comes to auditions and go, 'They're not going to cast me, so I'm not going to do…

— Johnny Flynn

Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.

— Madonna Ciccone

I've worked with acting coaches, I've been going out on auditions and meeting with casting directors. But I'm not known as an…

— Cassie Ventura

I think I integrated that over the first couple of years that I was out of school, mostly in auditions, to be…

— Zachary Quinto

I had been playing with my local band, Skinny Cat. I had been to quite a few auditions before UFO, managed to…

— Bernie Marsden

I got a manager, and I thought, since I was going out on auditions, I should do this for a living. Then…

— Kara Hayward

I got into musical comedy because of Shakespeare, not because of singing. They needed someone to understudy Richard Burton. I was also…

— John Cullum

I've been fortunate with my acting career. A lot of scripts come to me. I don't mind auditioning if something that requires…

— Mos Def

I came to join the Experience by going for an audition for Eric Burdon who was just forming the New Animals at…

— Noel Redding

When you go out and audition, you're going to hear a lot of 'No's.' As weird as it may sound, you almost…

— Jay Ellis

I didn't audition for the part! The role was offered to me, and I was so excited to be a part of…

— Willow Shields

We watched these auditions and could only pick one. Sometimes we would add new characters 'cause we wanted to use another actress.…

— Jenji Kohan

I read the script [ of 'Steve Jobs' movie ], and it was very, very good. I wasn't sure they would want…

— Seth Rogen

You can count on one hand the white rappers that have made it. So I just wanted to show the point of…

— Simon Rex

I'm not in a position where I get to pick and choose roles. I usually go on auditions in long lines and…

— Henry Rollins

My big break was really Liz Meriwether saw me in a movie called 'Paper Heart' and really liked it, and then saw…

— Anonymous

Certain roles, I just won't invest in. I'll go in and audition, but I might not spend five hours trying to figure…

— Madeline Zima

At the time, I was in L.A., just auditioning and hoping to land a part, dramatic or comedic. I started to feel…

— Nasim Pedrad

I loved the movie theater so I always saw a lot of movies. And then there was a play, I saw in…

— Ed O'Neill

I actually did an Agatha Christie monologue for my audition showcase at Guildhall, and that's how I got my agent. Some people…

— Thomas Howes

As far as casting, I'm there for every single person that's cast. Even if it's one word, I'm there for their auditions.

— Matthew Weiner

I basically never believed that I was a commercial actor. Just because of the outcome of many auditions over time. No one…

— Katherine Waterston

After I began to explore what an actor actually is, I studied for three years before I had the guts to go…

— Gale Harold

I don't consider my fights as auditions, I consider them performances.

— Shawn Porter

Following my studies, I started giving auditions which eventually ended up with me working on 'Premam.'

— Anupama Parameswaran

But when the 'Glee' audition came around, my manager literally had to talk me into it. I was petrified to sing in…

— Cory Monteith

When I know I'm not doing any auditions, I go to the skate park on my scooter or my bike.

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

After that I got an agent and went on like a million auditions. You win some, you lose some.

— Kel Mitchell

When I moved out to L.A., I went on 156 auditions before I booked a single thing.

— Ryan McCartan

I'm not one of those people who can cry on cue. If I have to cry in an audition, I'm like, 'Okay,…

— Melanie Lynskey

I've had a couple opportunities where I've been on the other side of the audition process as a director.

— Alden Ehrenreich

I don't know if it's rare, but from my experience, I think Suits does a lot more casting off of auditions than…

— Aaron Korsh

Had an audition for a pilot today, but realized I could save gas and help the environment by pissing up a rope…

— Dana Gould

After hundreds of auditions and nothing, you're sitting home and wondering, 'What am I doing?'

— Demi Lovato

My dad never told me that when you audition, you might not get the role. He wanted to wait until my first…

— Haley Joel Osment

I've gotten auditions with as little as two hours' notice. Those don't go so well!

— Nico Santos